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Working Mother included The Raven God in “10 Books Your Teen Will Actually Drop His Phone to Read.”
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The OC Register featured the Legends of Orkney in “OC author Alane Adams taps Norse mythology trend with new YA series.”
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PopSugar included The Raven Godin “6 Badass YA Books to Read This Fall.”
Awards
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The Raven God was a Beverly Hills Book Awards finalist in the juvenile fiction category.
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The Legends of Orkney was the Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards Gold Medal winner in the Best Book Series – Chapter Book category.
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Kalifus Rising was the 2016 USA Best Book Awards winner in the Best Cover Design: Fiction and Children’s Fiction categories.
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Kalifus Rising was a 2016 Foreword Indies finalist in the Juvenile Fiction category.
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Kalifus Rising was the Benjamin Franklin Book Awards Gold Winner in the Young Reader: Fiction (8-12 years) and Cover Design: Children’s/Young Adult categories.
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Kalifus Rising was the Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2016 winner in the Children’s/Juvenile Fiction category.
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The Red Sun was the 2015 USA Book Awards Winner in the Best Cover Design and Children’s Fiction categories.
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The Red Sun was the 2015 Readers Favorite Awards Silver Medal winner in the Children, Pre-Teen category.
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The Red Sun was the 2015 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards Silver winner in the Best New Voice: Children’s/YA category.
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The Red Sun was the 2015 Beverly Hills Book Awards Winner in the Juvenile Fiction category.
All News
- 11.16 2017 | The Orange County Register featured The Legends of Orkney in “OC author Alane Adams taps Norse mythology trend with new YA series.”
- 11.7.2017 | PopSugar included The Raven God in “6 Badass YA Books to Read This Fall.”
- 10.17.2017 | BookSparks included The Raven God in their Walking Read 2017 campaign.
- 10.10.2017 | Working Mother included The Raven God in “10 Books Your Teen Will Actually Drop His Phone to Read.”
- 9.30.2017 | Maria’s Space featured The Raven God in “Beat the Back-To-School Blues.”
- 9.20.2017 | BookSparks featured The Raven God in their newsletter.
- 9.12.2017 | BuzzFeed included The Raven God in “5 Tween Fantasies You Must Read This Fall.”
- 9.12.2017 | Culturalist included The Raven God in “The Top 10 Middle Grade Reads Hitting Shelves in September.”
- 9.11.2017 | Kelly’s Thoughts on Things featured The Legends of Orkney in “Give Kids, Tweens and Teens the Gift of a Great Book This Holiday.”
- 9.9.2017 | Every Free Chance Books reviewed The Raven God.
- 9.7.2017 | Jessi’s Library featured The Raven God in their September TBR video.
- 9.6.2017 | Jessi’s Library featured The Raven God in their Instagram post.
- 9.5.2017 | Confessions of a Serial Reader reviewed The Raven God.
- 9.1.2017 | YA Books Central revealed an excerpt and gave away a copy of The Raven God.
- 8.30.2017 | Jessi’s Library featured The Raven God in their August Book Haul video.
- 8.30.2017 | Bookish featured a Legends of Orkney giveaway in their newsletter.
- 8.29.2017 | Bookish featured a Legends of Orkney prize pack in their “Cozy Middle Grade Giveaway.”
- 8.29.2017 | Every Free Chance Books included The Raven God in their “Beat the Back-to-School Blues Blog Tour.”
- 8.25.2017 | Motherhood Moment reviewed The Raven God.
- 8.23.2017 | Things That Make People Go Aww featured The Raven God in “Family Reading Time.”
- 8.22.2017 | Cassandra M’s Place reviewed The Raven God.
- 8.22.2017 | Jessi’s Library featured The Raven God in their Instagram post.
- 8.16.2017 | Kirkus Reviews reviewed The Raven God.
- 7.14.2017 | Foreword Clarion Reviews reviewed The Raven God.
- 1.28.2017 | Brit+Co included Kalifus Rising in “8 YA and Middle Grade Books You Won’t Be Able to Put Down This Winter.”
- 1.23.2017 | Fan-Girl-Tabulous reviewed The Red Sun and Kalifus Rising.
- 11.12.2016 | A Window into Books reviewed Kalifus Rising.
- 10.13.2016 | Foreward Clarion Review reviewed Kalifus Rising.
- 10.10.2016 | Girl’s Life included Kalifus Rising in “Add these 7 page-turners to your fall reading list.”
- 10.3.2016 | Jessi’s Library included The Red Sun and Kalifus Rising in their September 2016 Book Haul.
- 9.30.2016 | Mom Does Reviews reviewed Kalifus Rising.
- 9.30.2016 | Windy City Bookworm reviewed Kalifus Rising.
- 9.26.2016 | School Library Journal reviewed Kalifus Rising.
- 9.16.2016 | Kirkus Reviews reviewed Kalifus Rising.
- 9.14.2016 | Girl’s Life included Kalifus Rising in their 2016 Teen Read Week giveaway.
- 9.10.2016 | Brit+Co included Kalifus Rising in “11 Middle-Grade Must-Reads to Devour This Fall.“
- 9.8.2016 | Recently Heard included Kalifus Rising in “10 fall books to take you on an adventure.”
- 9.8.2016 | Hypable reviewed Kalifus Rising.
- 9.7.2016 | KidsReads talked to Karan Brar about making The Red Sun audiobook.
- 9.6.2016 | Confessions of a Serial Reader reviewed The Red Sun and Kalifus Rising.
- 9.6.2016 | BuzzFeed included Kalifus Rising in “7 Fall Middle-Grade Must Reads.”
- 9.6.2016 | Culturalist included Kalifus Rising in “The Top 10 Back to School Middle-Grade Reads.”
- 8.27.2016 | Sunshine Eyes reviewed Kalifus Rising.
- 7.12.2016 | BuzzFeed included The Red Sun in “5 Fantasy Audiobooks To Turn Your Family Road Trip Into An Epic Adventure.”
- 7.10.2016 | She Knows included The Red Sun in “10 awesome audiobooks to keep the kids out of your hair on a road trip.”
- 7.8.2016 | Culturalist included The Red Sun in “The Top 10 Middle Grade Fantasy Audiobooks to Enjoy this Summer.”
- 12.18.2015 | Creative Child featured The Red Sun in “10 Books Even the Most Stubborn Sons Won’t Be Able to Resist.”
- 11.23.2015 | BookSparks featured The Red Sun in their 2015 Holiday Gift Guide.
- 10.18.2015 | Glitter included The Red Sun in “7 Great Books to Pick Up During Teen Read Week.”
- 10.18.2015 | Girl’s Life included The Red Sun in their 2015 Teen Read Week giveaway.
- 9.17.2015 | Crossroad reviewed The Red Sun.
- 8.13.2015 | Hypable reviewed The Red Sun.
- 8.6.2015 | Forever Young Adult featured The Red Sun in “7 Undiscovered YA Reads for the Summer You Don’t Want To Miss.”
- 8.5.2015 | Every Free Chance Books featured The Red Sun in their book spotlight.
- 8.4.2015 | A Spectacled Owl reviewed The Red Sun.
- 8.4.2015 | BuzzFeed featured The Red Sun in “8 Middle Grade Books To Fall For During School Season.”
- 8.1.2015 | Middle Shelf featured The Red Sun in “Cool Reads for Kids September/October 2015.”
- 7.22.2015 | Arkham Reviews reviewed The Red Sun.
- 5.11.2015 | The Scotsman featured the Legends of Orkney in “Orkney unveils fantasy fiction answer to Outlander.”